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How do people feel if the man you are with is looking at other women ?

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hopethingsgetbetter · 26/02/2018 16:38

I know this is probably obvious as I've seen it posted on here before but I'm just wondering how women cope with their partner looking at other women in a checking them out kind of way? I really do not like it at all. My partner does it in rather sneaky ways (eg walking back in the shopping isle to pick up some more bread or whatever, when he clearly wants to have a closer look, or if a woman jogger runs past us he will pretend to want to see what the building behind us is so that he can watch her running). I hadn't challenged him on this until yesterday because I thought it was rather a belittling an paranoid sounding accusation. However he admitted that he knows that he does it and he says all men do it, but I know that they don't. Perhaps it doesn't matter. I know he wouldn't act on anything. Incidentally, I have (when I was younger) been the 'looked-at woman' as well. I haven't done it (because it would be demeaning, rude and unkind) but when I was looked-at woman I have felt like calling the man out and telling their wife.

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diddlemethis · 27/02/2018 09:43

It's just rude.

Luckingfovely · 27/02/2018 09:40

It's vile behaviour and totally unacceptable in a committed relationship.

You really deserve better, OP. Please don't let him get away with this.

BoredOnMatLeave · 27/02/2018 09:39

I notice attractive men, a small glance or whatever. I expect DP notices attractive women too, but I haven't noticed it.

What your DP does is really creepy, it's not normal at all. I know all types of men, including ones who are always looking for the next fling, and even they don't double back in the supermarket.

And Argeles you really need to seek some anger management, what you are saying is completely unhinged. That woman that you want to beat up really doesn't want your creepy husband looking at her anyway...

GabriellaMontez · 27/02/2018 09:37

My ex did this.

My current partner doesn't. I've mentioned it to him. He says it's a choice to ogle other women. All men certainly don't.

Bluntness100 · 27/02/2018 09:33

Argeles if your daughter got her face smashed in by a woman whose boyfriend had looked at her despite no invitation whatsoever, would you still feel the same ?

Good question, or even if argeles herself got beaten up.

I remember her because she posted like this before and everyone was horrified. So she's stuck in my mind. It seems she suffers from irrational levels of jealousy. And that's an understatement. She said if she's out and she sees a woman who has a certain look that she thinks her husband likes, even when out on her own, she gets irrationally angry about the woman, hates her and wants to hurt her.

SilverySurfer · 27/02/2018 09:32

IMO men who do this are viewing women as objects which is totally unacceptable. It's natural to look at someone and find them attractive but ogling is a big no.

FucksakeCuntingFuckingTwats · 27/02/2018 09:30

What is he doing isnt normal. If someone attractive walks by its hard not to look. It's natural instinct and I don't see anything wrong with it. My.husband doesnt tend to stare but if someone catches his eye he will glance then look away. As do I. I don't see the harm in it at all. You can't walk around with your eyes closed. However, going out his way to pretend to do something to get a better ogle, is going too far.

MrPan · 27/02/2018 09:26

you can also run the aesthetics in your brains , as well as your brians...

AnyFucker · 27/02/2018 09:22

Argeles if your daughter got her face smashed in by a woman whose boyfriend had looked at her despite no invitation whatsoever, would you still feel the same ? That she deserved it ?

MrPan · 27/02/2018 09:22

Nope, not all men do it. Some people are easy on the eye, and as a married/loved up peoples it doesn't mean you suddenly stop the aesthetics running in your brians.
We're married, not dead.

But going to the lengths of your man OP to ogle another women is pretty poor behaviour and disrespectful.

Idontdowindows · 27/02/2018 09:11

Another one for the "everybody looks, only creeps ogle and backtrack for a further ogle".

Sorry OP, your husband is bog standard creep material.

Chienrouge · 27/02/2018 09:03

I’m sure DH finds other women attractive, but he does not do what you describe. Because he’s not a creep.

Fengshui · 27/02/2018 09:01

Argelesif you truly feel that way you need counselling or anger management therapy. It must be so exhausting living like that, and it is not remotely appropriate.

thethoughtfox · 27/02/2018 09:00

Normal human reaction!

thethoughtfox · 27/02/2018 09:00

A second glance is a normal hum reaction.I'm on the fence about what your partner has been doing. he is trying to take another cheeky look at a pretty girl and not trying to be obvious to you or her. However, now that you have told him that he isn't being discreet and you know what he is doing and don't like it, he needs to stop while he is in your company.

MissWilmottsGhost · 27/02/2018 09:00

Argeles your response is abnormal.

HollyBayTree · 27/02/2018 08:55

Argeles utterly irrational.

MissWilmottsGhost · 27/02/2018 08:55

DH doesn't as far as I am aware.

The only men I know who do are misogynistic twats.

Bluntness100 · 27/02/2018 08:54

Argeles has some issues. She's posted in this vein before. Just the sight of a woman who she thinks her partner might find attractive makes her want to kill them and she gets "the rage".. She's been told many times on here it's abnormal behaviour.

Fengshui · 27/02/2018 08:53

doubling back to look at someone though is pervy and unsettling and disturbing, and not normal. Noticing someone is quite attractive as you pass them and that's it is not.

And yes, in my admittedly limited experience, my abusive ex who did it did it as a means by which to control me and make me insecure.

HollyBayTree · 27/02/2018 08:53

eg walking back in the shopping isle to pick up some more bread or whatever, when he clearly wants to have a closer look,

Your partner is a letch and a creep.

As said by many, of you course you notice attractive people but you do not walk back aand ogle them.

HandbagKrabby · 27/02/2018 08:52

Urgh. You see those threads on here with 100s of posts of women sexually harassed and assaulted in the street? This is the thin end of the wedge. I couldn’t spend time with someone who makes excuses to go and leer at women doing their shopping or whatever. His attitude towards women as a group is fucking terrible, although he may be nice to you.

The pp who has a dd and wants to hurt women your partner ogles? What is wrong with you? If you’re unhappy with your partner your issue is with your partner, not random women who have no control over who looks at them. When it’s your dd that starts getting ogled (posters report from about 10 girls are considered fair game) will you blame her for how men act towards her?

Pagwatch · 27/02/2018 08:50

Very attractive people catch the eye - I notice beautiful people, it's human nature.

Ogling, back tracking to get a better look is creepy as fuck.

Argeles- you should really think about what you posted. It's deeply unhealthy. If your friends all agree then honestly, think about who you are mixing with. It's totally illogical the way you e expressed it is weird as hell.

Bluntness100 · 27/02/2018 08:45

I think you're minimising this. Having a quick glance as you go about your business is totally normal, doubling back or hanging back to have a proper look is friggen Pervy and down right weird and I don't know any man who does this. And doing it with your partner there is horrid.

Your partner is a creep. No two ways about it. Your call if you are fine with this. I certainly wouldn't be.

Fengshui · 27/02/2018 08:44

(Mind you, DH had a bit of a crush on DS's Year 2 teacher. That took some major adulting on my part to tell myself that crushes are normal and to not worry).